Galewood Park

Alert

Please be advised: The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning. Due to expected high winds, the Lakefront Trails will be closed from Oak St. to Ohio St. and the Navy Pier Flyover beginning at 12 a.m. on Saturday, January 19, until conditions improve and are safer for use by our patrons and crews. Please check back for updates.

Ready for the show!

How cute are they!

Getting fit at the park.

Park kids having a great time.

Kids are always enjoying a great time at Galewood Park.

Just for Teens. Having some fun.

Welcome to Galewood Park!

Location:

5729 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60639

Supervisor: Monique Young-Johnson

Phone Numbers:
Main
(312) 746-5089

Features:Parks, Free Street Parking

Hours

Park
Hours

Sunday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Monday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Tuesday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Wednesday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Thursday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Friday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Saturday:

6:00 am-9:00 pm

Fieldhouse Hours

Sunday

Closed

Monday

10:00 am-6:00 pm

Tuesday

11:00 am-8:00 pm

Wednesday

11:00 am-8:00 pm

Thursday

11:00 am-8:00 pm

Friday

11:00 am-8:00 pm

Saturday

11:00 am-5:00 pm

Description

Located in the Austin community (two blocks north of North Avenue, mid-way between Central and Austin Avenues), Galewood Park’s small fieldhouse sits on 2.30 acres. Outdoors, the park offers a quarter-mile walking path, two softball fields, a combination football-soccer field, a repaved picnic or party area, two basketball courts, a volleyball court, plus a soft-surface playground with a spray feature.

Galewood Park provides a Game Room and various dance classes for all ages. Recreation also includes Teen Club, Senior Citizens Club, adult kickboxing and step aerobics classes. The majority of programs at Galewood Park are geared to youth (ages 6-12), such as tumbling, Sports Club, Kids’ Fitness, Homework Time, and Spring Drop-in Camp.

In the summer, youth and young teens can participate in Day Camp, Teen Leadership Camp, Dance Camp, as well as basketball instruction/league.

And, of course, Galewood Park opens its door to the community for its annual Halloween party.

We invite you to stop by Galewood Park and check out the offerings!

History

Galewood Park serves the neighborhood known for many years by that name. The community was named for Abram Gale (1795-1889), whose land was subdivided in 1870 to form the suburb of Galewood. Having arrived from New York City in 1835, Gale purchased 320 acres in the Town of Jefferson in 1837, and began to build a house there. "I brought all my household goods along," he said, "and among them was a Chickering piano, the second ever made. It was the first and only one in the village for a good many years, and it was a great card for me. The Indians would walk around the house mysteriously whenever my daughter played on it, staring in wonderment at the strange sounds." Gale also said that when he arrived he was installed at once as a member of the fire company. He went on to say "Every man was armed with two buckets, and we would all stand in a line with one end of the line at the lake and the other at the fire, and we would pass the buckets along." When one of his neighbors tried to take his land, Gale dug a ditch all around his claim. Gale's heavily-wooded property proved hard to plow. He eventually quit farming, and the hamlet of Galewood emerged there. The park's creation dates to the 1920s, when the North Austin Manor Neighborhood Club purchased the property and began developing a playground and ball fields there. In 1925, the neighborhood club petitioned the Northwest Park District, one of 22 park commissions later consolidated into the Chicago Park District, to take over the site. Two years later, the Northwest Park District purchased the parkland, along with adjoining property. After the Chicago Park District took over in 1934, it installed recreational facilities including an ice skating rink and a small fieldhouse.

Programs

Registration dates vary by park. The dates listed below are specific to this park.

2019 Winter: Zone 1: West of California

Most programs run from Monday, January 07 to Sunday, March 17.

Online registration begins Monday, December 03.

In-person registration begins Monday, December 10.

Click on a program name below for description, availability and to add to your wish list or register online (if available). For activities that have already begun, registration is ongoing while spots are available.